Attitude determination and control sits at the heart of every mission. We cover it end to end, ensuring that algorithms, hardware and verification are designed together rather than integrated as separate elements.
ADCS subsystem design
We engineer the full ADCS subsystem at hardware level: sensor suite, actuators and system architecture, sized to your mission's requirements.
Onboard algorithms and ADCS flight software
We design complex onboard ADCS algorithms and develop the flight code that runs them, from attitude determination to control and pointing modes.
ADCS testing and verification
With CubeDynA, our proprietary hardware-in-the-loop ADCS testbed, customers can verify closed-loop subsystem performance before their satellite ever reaches orbit.
CubeDynA is Nautilus' hardware-in-the-loop ADCS testbed for 1U–16U CubeSats, available as a dedicated platform
for your own verification campaigns.
CubeDynA
Closed-loop, hardware-in-the-loop verification
Exercise flight software, sensors and actuators together in closed loop, reproducing representative mission scenarios and validating subsystem behaviour before flight.
From 1U to 16U
Designed to support CubeSat platforms from 1U up to 16U.
A complete ADCS verification solution
CubeDynA can be provided as a dedicated verification platform for ADCS development, integration and validation activities, whether supporting Nautilus-designed subsystems or customer-developed architectures.
Why Nautilus
Attitude control designed by flight dynamics experts.
Rooted in decades of academic research and hands-on engineering, we design each ADCS around its spacecraft
and its operations, including the most demanding cases:
Unconventional spacecraft geometries
Demanding pointing requirements
Complex attitude determination
Unusual operational scenarios
How we engage
Work with us the way you need
Full ADCS subsystem
End-to-end ADCS design, including algorithms, flight software, hardware architecture and subsystem integration, supported by closed-loop and hardware-in-the-loop verification using CubeDynA.
Algorithms
Flight software
Hardware
Verification
Algorithms and software
Onboard ADCS algorithms and flight software, designed to integrate with your existing spacecraft hardware and avionics.
Algorithms
Flight software
Hardware
Verification
Verification platform
CubeDynA as a dedicated hardware-in-the-loop platform for developing and validating your ADCS architecture, software and hardware integration.
Algorithms
Flight software
Hardware
Verification
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